A/N: There's some old enemies mentioned in this chapter, and Tucker too, but his family's coming up later. Also, I got my first review from a DSK. Thanks:D

Disclaimer: See Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Danny kicked open a nearby door, running inside. The Fright Knight's men were everywhere and some of them were human. He gripped his arm, before shutting the door behind him.

"That was a close one," he said.

A blue ghost dressed in overalls leapt up from behind the counter. "I AM THE BOX GHO… Oh, it's just you."

Danny rolled his eyes. "Go back to your boxes."

The ghost obeyed while he sat down to check the scratch on his arm. It was bleeding, and it stung like crazy.

"Hello?"

Danny felt his heart freeze as she spoke. "What are you doing here?" He was glad he was turned away from her.

"I-I saw you flying, and I followed you. I wanted to thank you for helping me."

"Then you wasted a trip."

There was a long, awkward pause. "Who are you?" she asked.

"No one important."

Sam felt tears stinging her eyes. It had to be Danny. Vlad was accounted for; he was the only other ghost hybrid. But his voice was so cold, and she couldn't see his face. She closed her eyes, breathing deeply to try and calm herself. The pent-up tears and years of feeling abandoned managed to bring a sob out of her.

"No, Sam, don't cry. Please?" She felt someone touch her cheek, and the voice sounded so much like Danny's.

She opened her eyes. She was alone in a room full of boxes. The voice and the touch were gone. "Danny," she whispered, tears filling her eyes once more.

"She doesn't quit, does she?" Danny muttered.

Sam, now reluctantly joined by Tucker, was tracking his every move except when he flew of course. Danny was crouched on a roof beside a few of his old enemies that were willing to help him fight off the ghost king so they could go back to their normal lives.

"She learned it from you, didn't she?" Vlad said.

Danny rolled his eyes. "Just keep the ghosts off 'em. I'm going to look for something to get this king guy out of here." He leapt off the building and disappeared.

"I saw him, Tucker. I mean, well, I didn't see him but…" Sam growled in frustration. "You know what I mean!"

"Sam, it's been six years! Why would he just suddenly show up again?"

"Well, well, well, what have we here?" a voice behind them said.

Sam and Tucker whirled around. "Uh, oh," Tucker said.

"Run!" Sam grabbed his hand, dragging him down the alley.

She looked back to see the knight shooting an ectoplasmic ray at them. An invisible force shoved them down just in time.

"Didn't I tell you guys to keep the ghosts off of them?" a familiar voice shouted, tinted with annoyance.

Sam felt her breath catch in her throat as she looked up to see a black-coated figure facing the Fright Knight.

"The Fright Knight's part of that group?" Skulker asked.

"Duh." The figure did a back flip, and the knight's purple ray flew over him. "He is a ghost."

He ducked low as another ray passed over him then he shot his own toward the knight who dodged it. The knight shot three different rays, and the figure managed to dodge all but one, which he got across the chest.

Danny groaned, falling against the wall with both arms across his chest. He shot one last beam at the knight managing to fight him off before letting himself slide to the floor.

"That hurts," he grunted.

"Danny?"

He looked away as Sam and Tucker walked over to him. The last thing he needed was to see the hurt on their faces after his sudden reappearance. He tried to stand, but his strength waned. Instead darkness swam over him. It was the last thing he remembered.

A/N: Oops! The thermos scene is actually in Chapter 3! Sorry, I lied. Jazz and the rest of his family'll be coming in probably end of Chapter 3 and all of Chapter 4. :D I've got another surprise for you at the end of Chapter 4 too, but it's a sad one... a very sad one. Consider yourselves warned!